Comments on: Interview with a Hermit – loneliness and community http://anunslife.org/2008/05/30/hermit-loneliness-community/ Catholic Sisters and Nuns in Today's World Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:32:48 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sister Laurel http://anunslife.org/2008/05/30/hermit-loneliness-community/#comment-4033 Sister Laurel Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:37:11 +0000 http://anunslife.org/?p=488#comment-4033 Sister Julie, Yes, you said it well. Another term for what you refer to as radical loneliness is existential loneliness (or aloneness or solitude), and it is one of the natural forms of "evil" theologians identify which can lead to (because it calls for) communion with others. So yes, it can be uncomfortable but it signals what we are made for, and what God constantly calls us to. all my best Sister Julie,
Yes, you said it well. Another term for what you refer to as radical loneliness is existential loneliness (or aloneness or solitude), and it is one of the natural forms of “evil” theologians identify which can lead to (because it calls for) communion with others. So yes, it can be uncomfortable but it signals what we are made for, and what God constantly calls us to.

all my best

]]> By: Sister Laurel http://anunslife.org/2008/05/30/hermit-loneliness-community/#comment-4032 Sister Laurel Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:16:21 +0000 http://anunslife.org/?p=488#comment-4032 I live in alone. Canon 603 allows hermits to come together in what is called a Laura (all still have their own Rules), but I am the only Canon 603 hermit in the diocese. However, I am part of a parish, and I attend daily Mass here at least several times a week. My parish is very much a supportive community for me; when I refer to local community I mean the people in the town where I live. They are supportive of my life in many ways, just as my parish is specifically. I live in alone. Canon 603 allows hermits to come together in what is called a Laura (all still have their own Rules), but I am the only Canon 603 hermit in the diocese. However, I am part of a parish, and I attend daily Mass here at least several times a week. My parish is very much a supportive community for me; when I refer to local community I mean the people in the town where I live. They are supportive of my life in many ways, just as my parish is specifically.

]]> By: Sister Julie http://anunslife.org/2008/05/30/hermit-loneliness-community/#comment-4013 Sister Julie Sat, 31 May 2008 18:41:10 +0000 http://anunslife.org/?p=488#comment-4013 I'm not sure -- I think she lives alone according to what I've seen on her blog. I think hermits can live singly but they might live within a broader community of other hermits living singly. I’m not sure — I think she lives alone according to what I’ve seen on her blog. I think hermits can live singly but they might live within a broader community of other hermits living singly.

]]> By: Jackie http://anunslife.org/2008/05/30/hermit-loneliness-community/#comment-3932 Jackie Fri, 30 May 2008 16:11:11 +0000 http://anunslife.org/?p=488#comment-3932 Hmmm...I'm a little confused about where Sister Laurel lives. Is Stillsong Hermitage a place where she lives on her own? It sounds like a place where others might live as well, but then she would not be alone. Hmmm…I’m a little confused about where Sister Laurel lives. Is Stillsong Hermitage a place where she lives on her own? It sounds like a place where others might live as well, but then she would not be alone.

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